Driver Federico Villagra hit a wild horse, sending it flying into the air, with a Mitsubishi during the Argentina Rally in South America Sunday. (DyN-Prensa Rally Argentina/Reuters)

Cuba’s Yargeris Savigne competed in the final of the women’s triple jump during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin Monday. Ms. Savigne won the gold medal. (Matt Dunham/Associated Press)

A coffee shop owner smoked multiple cigarettes during a protest in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday against the government’s indoor smoking ban. The nationwide ban also applies to bars and restaurants. (Adem Altan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

A focused Cayetano Rivera adjusted his hat before starting a bullfight at the Malagueta bullring in Malaga, Spain, Monday. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)

A supporter listened to Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, as he kicked off parliament’s lower house election campaign in Osaka, Japan, Tuesday. Polls indicate the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which controls 302 seats, will suffer a major defeat in the Aug. 30 election for all 480 seats in the lower house. (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)

A mother watched over her daughter at a Herat, Afghanistan, hospital Monday. The mother said her daughter, who was forced two years ago to marry a man about 70 years old, attempted suicide by burning herself after her affair with a younger man became public. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)

People mourned former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in Seoul Tuesday. Mr. Kim, 85, who had been hospitalized with pneumonia since last month, died early Tuesday. He spent years as a dissident under the military dictatorship and later won the Nobel Peace Prize for seeking reconciliation with North Korea. (Getty Images)

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon ran with his son, Jake, to see President Barack Obama before the president boarded Air Force One Monday. Mr. Obama left early after speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention, where he was greeted outside by gun-carrying protesters who said they were exercising their right to bear arms. (Rick Scuteri/Associated Press)

A Palestinian woman waited for approval to get her food ration at a U.N. Relief and Works Agency warehouse in a Gaza City refugee camp Tuesday. UNRWA launched an appeal for $181 million to provide food, jobs and cash assistance to the poor in Gaza. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/Associated Press)

A helicopter flew over a forest fire in the village of Domvrena, Greece, Monday. The fire, which raged in central Greece, no longer threatened villagers Tuesday after winds changed directions. (Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters)

A woman dressed in a traditional costume to celebrate Indonesia’s 64th Independence Day yawned at a cultural carnival in Jakarta Tuesday. (Enny Nuraheni/Reuters)

Yousef Abd El-Rahiem, 52, prayed at the opening of the newly illuminated ancient temple of Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut in Luxor Monday. Her reign was the longest of all the female pharaohs. Mr. El-Rahiem has helped at the site for 31 years. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)

A woman refreshed herself with water from a fountain in Rome Tuesday. Italian authorities issued a heat wave warning for certain cities. (Pier Paolo Cito/Associated Press)